COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Steel futures COT reports (CFTC)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), short positions held by non-reporting traders in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 53 contracts on 15 September 2026, versus 81 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 607 observations overall in the weekly time series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the time range extending from May 2012 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions recorded a minimum of 0 contracts on 29 March 2016; they achieved a maximum of 1,759 on 31 December 2018; they were equal on average to 149.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 109.000 |
| 2026-09-08 | 81.0000 |
| 2026-09-15 | 53.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-reporting traders in steel futures |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of contracts |
| Source | Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain information |
| Other information | Specific future: "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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